"One Slip" is a song from
Pink Floyd
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's
1987
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album ''
A Momentary Lapse of Reason''.
Composition
The album gets its title from a line of this song's lyrics. The song was co-written by David Gilmour and
Roxy Music
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guitarist
Phil Manzanera, who later co-produced Gilmour's ''
On an Island'' album and played rhythm guitar on the subsequent tour.
Release
It was first released as the B-side to "
Learning to Fly". It was then re-released as the third single from the album in the UK where it was a minor hit and was the fourth single from the album in the US where it did well on the ''
Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
"One Slip (2019 remix)" from the box set, ''
The Later Years 1987–2019'' was released as a single on 24 October 2019 on
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and 25 October 2019 on
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and
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. The song contains newly recorded drums by Nick Mason and organ parts by Richard Wright lifted from 1987-89 live performances, replacing the song's original drum and keyboard parts.
Live
The track was the final song from the album played live when it was the first encore on the
''Momentary Lapse of Reason'' tour from 1987–89. The band resurrected the track on one show on their 1994 ''
The Division Bell''
tour when the band performed it in
Oakland, California
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.
Video
The video for the track is footage of a vintage 1930s plane flying interspersed with concert clips filmed during the band's three night run at
The Omni in
Atlanta
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,
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. The live footage was shot in November 1987 and was directed by
Lawrence Jordan (who has directed concert films for
Rush,
Mariah Carey
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and
Billy Joel
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). Videos for "
On the Turning Away" and "
The Dogs of War" were also filmed from this concert.
Personnel
*
David Gilmour – guitars, vocals,
sequencer
*
Nick Mason –
percussion
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Additional musicians:
*
Bob Ezrin –
keyboards
*
Jon Carin – keyboards
*
Tony Levin –
Chapman Stick
*
Jim Keltner – drums
*
Michael Landau
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– guitars (delay part on the opening parts of "One Slip")
- article by Henry Yates in ''Classic Rock'', 12 November 2020
* Darlene Koldenhoven – backing vocals
* Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
*Phyllis St. James – backing vocals
* Donny Gerrard – backing vocals
; Oakland Stadium, California on 24 April 1994 and Delicate Sound of Thunder version
*David Gilmour – lead vocals, guitar
*Nick Mason – drums
* Richard Wright – keyboards
Additional musicians:
* Guy Pratt – bass
*Jon Carin – keyboards, backing vocals
Margret Taylor - backing vocals (Delicate Sound)
*Rachel Fury - backing vocals (Delicate Sound)
* Sam Brown – backing vocals (1994)
* Durga McBroom – backing vocals
* Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals (Oakland)
* Tim Renwick – guitar
* Gary Wallis – percussion
* Scott Page - rhythm guitar (Delicate Sound)
References
External links
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Pink Floyd songs
1988 singles
Songs written by David Gilmour
Song recordings produced by Bob Ezrin
Song recordings produced by David Gilmour
Songs written by Phil Manzanera
1987 songs
EMI Records singles
Columbia Records singles